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Towards a
High-Bandwidth,
Low-Carbon Future
Telecommunications-based Opportunities
to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sean Kidney, Europe Manager, Climate Risk Ltd
ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change — London, 18 June 200
Comments made in this presentation are those of Climate Risk P/L; no positions or opinions of other companies are implied.
Specialist climate risk management services to
business, government and other organizations.
Climate Change and Business
Risk
Opportunity
The Australia
case study
Focus is outward looking.
I.e. how do we address
national emissions,
not just put Telstra’s own
house in order?
Profile of National Emissions and the ones ICT can best impact
7 major opportunities
1. Remote Appliance Power Management
2. Presence Based Power
3. Distributed CBD
4. Real Time Freight Management
5. Personalised Public Transport
6. ‘In-Person’ Conferencing
7. Increased Renewable Energy
Assuming modest take-up = 5% emissions abatement
1. Remote Appliance Power Management
Problem: 10% of house and office electricity
is wasted by devices on standby.
Opportunity: Use home and office networks,
with external networks/intelligence, to
identify and manage standby wastage.
Simplify turning standby off.
Significance: 1.8million tonnes CO2 / year,
worth $170m in energy and $18-92 carbon.
2. Presence Based Power
Problem: 15% of house and office electricity
wasted by appliances on but not being used.
Opportunity: Use networked telemetry to
make energy follow the person. If they are
not there, lights, air-con, appliances go off
until they return.
Significance: 3.0million tonnes CO2 / year,
worth $270m in energy and $29-150 carbon.
3. Decentralised CBD:
Problem: 75% of Australians drive to work = 8%
of national emissions and growing.
Opportunities:
- Use networks to enhance teleworking
- Suburban business centres
- Regional decentralisation of major business
Significance: 3.1million tonnes CO2 / year, worth
$1.2 bn in energy and $30-150 carbon.
4. Real Time Freight Management
Problem: 1/3 of all freight kilometers are empty.
Opportunity: Use wireless networks to create an
integrated, multi-modal, multi-provider
management system for freight and vehicles.
Significance: 2.9 million tonnes CO2 / year, worth
$1.1bn in energy and $29-150 carbon.
5. Personalised Public Transport
Problem: 75% of Australians drive to work = 8%
of national emissions and growing.
Opportunity: Use wireless networks to create an
integrated, multi-modal, multi-provider
management system for public transport … that
starts at the front door with a call.
Significance: 3.9 million tonnes CO2 / year, worth
$1.6bn in energy and $39-200 carbon.
RUSHING FOR THE
BUS
Mr McGowan has
just sent an SMS to
Telco Transport.
In 9 minutes his
mobile phone will
beep telling him a
mini-bus (with
several others from
the neighbourhood)
is about to pull up
outside his front
door.
In 17 minutes he will
be sitting down, in a
seat that has
automatically been
booked for him, on
a train to the city.
And in 37 minutes
he will be walking
into work.
So easy you will
forget you have a
car.
6. ‘In-Person’ Conferencing
Problem: Half of air travel is for
business and a growing source on
emissions.
Opportunity: Provide full
speed, full size, high
definition conference facilities
that can be as good as an in
person meeting, yet save
time, money and carbon.
Significance: 6.5 million tonnes
CO2 p.year, worth $2.2bn in
energy and $24-120 carbon.
Fictitious mock-up only!
7. Increased
Renewable Energy
Problem: Baseload
contribution of renewable
energy constrained by
fluctuations.
Opportunity: Use networks to
link energy appliances in
homes and office to balance
renewable energy production in
real time.
Significance: 10.1 million tonnes
CO2/ year, worth $86m in
energy and $100-300 carbon.
Take-homes
> ICT can be a major factor in emissions abatement
> Both cost saving and carbon saving potential is
very large
> Solutions will be ‘disruptive’ for other sectors
(e.g. air travel for business meetings)
> The impact could be much bigger. Regulatory
support would deliver 2 to 4 times the reductions.
Thank you
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